This entry actually begins with the conference dinner on Friday evening where I was privileged to receive the Authentic Leadership Award from the Consortium for the Study of School Leadership and Ethics. It was nice that Charles Burford presented it on behalf of the Board. Despite a forecast of rain - and overnight falls- the day dawned clear, so my morning walk was cool but dry. Temperature about 4 centigrade and my layers are keeping me warm. The first session...

A day largely spent indoors at the Nittany Lion Inn, our conference venue. The program began with breakfast at 0730 - which meant a brisk 15 minute stroll to get there for me. the first keynote was delivered by Moses Davis of Penn State who works in cultural diversity. He spoke about the importance of self in creating a world of difference, and focussed on manifestations of racism with an interesting slant on the difference between intent and impact, and what he...

4am seems to be the waking hour of choice for this particular bout of jet lag - sigh. And there was no going back to sleep. Even listening to ABC radio (the Aussie version) didn't send me back to the land of nod. Surrender and resignation are the only remedy. The day dawned crisp and clear, with a slight breeze- in other words a perfect autumn day. Before I ventured out I had breakfast here - perfectly satisfactory in a manufactured way, with pre-peeled boiled e...

Well readers,when we left our fearless adventurer he was at LAX in the Alaskan Board Room. By stint of great perseverance he went from a sitting position there (courtesy of his 30 day membership of American Airlines lounges) to a sitting position on a smaller US Air flight to Philadelphia, to yet another lounge to a still smaller plane to State College (still seated). Landing at State College PA took place on time at 10.54 pm, some 30 hours after getting the cab ...

The days are just racing by. On the one hand I look forward to the next destination. On the other, I want somehow to hold on to the experiences I am having. Tomorrow morning it's off to BC. Just getting the tickets has been quite a journey in itself. In my last entry, I was able to report the latest on my ticketting saga. As promised, Lucie booked me another ticket, figuring we could fight over the refund later. Seemed good. In the meantime I checked the Unite...